Dust grains returns by NASA mission have interstellar origins
Posted: Fri, Aug 15 8:51 AM ET (1251 GMT)
Scientists reported this week that several dust grains returned by a NASA mission eight years ago likely originated from outside the solar system. In a...

Cohesive forces hold together rapidly spinning small asteroid
Posted: Fri, Aug 15 8:34 AM ET (1234 GMT)
A near Earth asteroid that is spinning at a rate higher than thought possible is kept from flying apart by cohesive forces, scientists said this...

ViaSat shares fall on earnings miss
Posted: Thu, Aug 14 1:31 PM ET (1731 GMT)
Shares in broadband satellite communications provider ViaSat fell by nearly ten percent Wednesday after its earnings fell short of expectations. While ViaSat reported an increase...

Atlas 5 launches WorldView-3
Posted: Wed, Aug 13 7:50 PM ET (2350 GMT)
An Atlas 5 rocket successfully launched the most powerful commercial remote sensing satellite to date on Wednesday. The Atlas 5 401 lifted off from Vandenberg...

ULA selects new CEO
Posted: Wed, Aug 13 9:12 AM ET (1312 GMT)
United Launch Alliance (ULA), the joint venture that manufactures Atlas and Delta rockets, announced Tuesday the surprise selection of a new president and CEO. ULA...

ATV docks with ISS
Posted: Wed, Aug 13 9:02 AM ET (1302 GMT)
The fifth and final European cargo spacecraft sent to the International Space Station docked with the ISS as planned on Tuesday. The Automated Transfer Vehicle (...

NASA postpones upcoming ISS spacewalks
Posted: Tue, Aug 12 9:06 AM ET (1306 GMT)
NASA has delayed a pair of spacewalks that had been planned to take place from the International Space Station later this month because of a...

China launches first satellite in four months
Posted: Sat, Aug 9 9:58 AM ET (1358 GMT)
A Long March rocket launched what Chinese officials called a remote sensing satellite on Saturday. The Long March 4C rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan...

SSL wins contract for Intelsat 36 satellite
Posted: Fri, Aug 8 9:15 AM ET (1315 GMT)
Space Systems Loral announced this week that it won a contract from Intelsat to build the Intelsat 36 satellite. The spacecraft will operate over the...

Rosetta achieves rendezvous with comet
Posted: Wed, Aug 6 9:47 AM ET (1347 GMT)
ESA's Rosetta spacecraft arrived at its destination on Tuesday, a comet the spacecraft has been chasing for a decade. Rosetta fired its thrusters for...